Northern Hungary ( hu, Észak-Magyarország) is a region in Hungary. As a statistical region it includes the counties Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Heves and Nógrád, but in colloquial speech it usually also refers to Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county. The region is in the north-eastern part of the country. The region's centre and largest city is Miskolc.

Tourist sights

Castles

* Castle of Eger * Castle of Diósgyőr *

Castle of Füzér A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified ...

Castle of Sárospatak A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders. Scholars debate the scope of the word ''castle'', but usually consider it to be the private fortified r ...

Cities and major towns

Miskolc, Eger, Salgótarján, Ózd, Kazincbarcika, Mezőkövesd, Sárospatak, Sátoraljaújhely, Tiszaújváros, Tokaj, Gyöngyös, Szerencs, Hatvan,

Balassagyarmat Balassagyarmat (Hungarian: ; formerly ''Balassa-Gyarmath''; german: Jahrmarkt; sk, Balážske Ďarmoty or ) is a town in northern Hungary. It was the seat of the Nógrád comitatus. Balassagyarmat is the capital city of Palóc country as the promi ...

Some data

* GDP ( PPS) per capita 2000 : 6 774 € 2001 : 7 519 € 845 € 2002 : 8 028 € 509 € 2003 : 8 426 € 398 € 2004 : 9 064 € 638 € 2005 : 9 321 € 257 € 2006 : 9 572 € 251 € 2007 : 9 981 € 409 € *

Fertility rate The total fertility rate (TFR) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if: # she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime # she were t ...

2000 : 1,54 births/ woman 2001 : 1,47 births/woman 2002 : 1,45 births/woman 2003 : 1,41 births/woman 2004 : 1,42 births/woman 2005 : 1,44 births/woman 2006 : 1,49 births/woman 2007 : 1,45 births/woman 2008 : 1,49 births/woman 2009 : 1,47 births/woman * Unemployment rate, % 2000 : 10,1 % 2001 : 8,5% 2002 : 8,8% 2003 : 9,7% 2004 : 9,7% 2005 : 10,6% 2006 : 11,0% 2007 : 12,3% 2008 : 13,4% 2009 : 15,3% *

Life expectancy Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average time an organism is expected to live, based on the year of its birth, current age, and other demographic factors like sex. The most commonly used measure is life expectancy at birth ...

Men : 2000: 66,20 year 2001: 66,73 year 2002: 66,68 year 2003: 66,68 year 2004: 66,97 year 2005: 66,84 year 2006: 67,37 year 2007: 67,54 year 2008: 67,90 year 2009: 68,37 year Women : 2000 : 75,25 year 2001 : 76,26 year 2002 : 76,00 year 2003 : 75,84 year 2004 : 75,80 year 2005 : 75,93 year 2006 : 76,39 year 2007 : 76,43 year 2008 : 77,05 year 2009 : 76,70 year

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